Molly Shannon
Born 1964
Known for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Hotel Transylvania, Serendipity.
Biography
Molly Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for playing Joanne Mulcahey in the Chris Kelly autobiographical film Other People. Shannon appeared in supporting roles in several films, including Happiness (1998), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Osmosis Jones (2001), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), More of Me (2007), Evan Almighty (2007) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). She appeared in the animated films Igor (2008) and Hotel Transylvania (2012). On television, Shannon had roles in Enlightened (2013), Divorce (2016–2019), The Other Two (2019-2022), The White Lotus (2021), I Love That for You (2022) and Only Murders in the Building (2024).
Movie Credits
Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
Year of the Dog (2007)
Good Boy! (2003)
Superstar (1999)
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! (2018)
Other People (2016)
A Good Person (2023)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)
The (Dead Mothers) Club (2014)
Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Horse Girl (2020)
Sextuplets (2019)
Private Life (2018)
Fun Mom Dinner (2017)
Miles (2017)
Life After Beth (2014)
My 5 Wives (2000)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
What Goes Up (2009)
Return to Two Moon Junction (1995)
Driver's Ed (2025)
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (2022)
The Little Hours (2017)
We Don't Belong Here (2017)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Gray Matters (2007)
Serendipity (2001)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Half Magic (2018)
Addicted to Fresno (2015)
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
Balls Up (2026)
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh (2019)
Nerdland (2016)
Scary Movie 5 (2013)
People We Meet on Vacation (2026)
People We Meet on Vacation (2026)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant (2015)
Trust Me (2013)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005)
12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004)
My Boss's Daughter (2003)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
The Layover (2017)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Bad Teacher (2011)
Air Buddies (2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
Will & Harper (2024)
Spin Me Round (2022)
Igor (2008)
Snow Buddies (2008)
Evan Almighty (2007)
Little Man (2006)
Analyze This (1999)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
American Splendor (2003)
Live from New York! (2015)
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995)
Happiness (1998)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (2003)
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Downey Wrote That (2025)
I Am Chris Farley (2015)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998)
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
